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Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John…
Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John VI. verse xxxvii. Showing, the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ; with his happy reception, and blessed entertainment. / Written by John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's progress. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John VI. verse xxxvii. Shewing, the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ; with his happy reception, and blessed entertainment. / Written by John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's progress. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston, : Reprinted, and are to be sold by Nicholas Boone at the Bible in Cornhill., 1728
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God did once give Moses, as Christ's Servant, an Handful of his People, to carry them in his Bosom, but no farther than from Egypt to Canaan; and this Moses, as it is said of him […] Holy Ghost, was the meekest Man that was then to be f•und on the Earth; yea, & he loved the People at a very great R•••, yet neither would his Meekness nor Love hold out in this Work; ⟨p. 19⟩he failed and grew passionate, even to provoking his God to Anger under this Work. And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou Afflicted thy Servant? But what was the Affliction? Why the Lord had said unto him, Carry this People in thy B•som, as a musing Father beareth the sucking Child, unto the Land that he sware unto their Fathers. And how then? Not I, says Moses; I am not able to bear all this People, because it is too heavy for me: If thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, and let me not see my wretchedness, Num. •1 11, 12, 13, 14. God gave them Moses, to carry them in his Bosom, that he might show gentleness and patience towards them, under all the Provocations wherewith they would provoke him from that time, till he had brought them to their Land: But he failed in the work, he could nor exercise it, because he not the sufficiency of Patience towards them: But now it is said of the Person speaking in the Text. That he shall gather his Lambs with his Arms; shall carry them in his Bosom; and shall gently lead them that are with young. Isa. 40 10 11. Intimating, that this was one of the Qualifications that God looked for, and knew was in him, when he gave his E•ect to him to save them.
God did once give Moses, as Christ's Servant, an Handful of his People, to carry them in his Bosom, but no farther than from Egypt to Canaan; and this Moses, as it is said of him 〈…〉 Holy Ghost, was the merkest Man that was then to be f•und on the Earth; yea, & he loved the People at a very great R•••, yet neither would his Meckness nor Love hold out in this Work;